V. Stalin. With Stalin’s backing, Zhukov went to Germany in the 19203 to attend lecture courses on armor. He was later to clash with his instructors on the civil war battlefields of Spain.

But the image was not all it seemed – Mr Belousov’s face had been Photoshopped onto the body of Jason Isaacs in costume as Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin. Mr Ellwood, who is also the ...

While the German-Soviet alliance was being concluded, Stalin gave Zhukov the green light to launch his offensive and Zhukov struck the Kwantung army at Nomonhan. And the Japanese suffered a ...